John Piper, who dug-in yesterday with another anti-gun tweet, also surprised many in evangelicalism with a tweet in seeming support of Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter is an international organization advocating against violence done toward blacks by non-blacks (they’ve been virtually silent on black-on-black violence, which constitues 93% of homicides in the black community). … Read more
Village Church posted a blog article today informing us that Jesus was a refugee, and that fact should “help us form a Christian posture in the [refugee] crisis.” The article, written by JT English, stops short of Russell Moore’s assertion that Jesus was an illegal immigrant. And while asserting a historical truism – that Jesus … Read more
Christians should strive to avoid what the Bible calls “filthy lucre” (1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Peter 5:2). Filthy lucre, as the King James calls it (or shameful gain as the ESV has it) amounts to financial increase, money or payment that has come through less-than-godly means. The nationwide Powerball lottery could reach as high as … Read more
Take a look at this video. It is breathtaking. We thought maybe this was a spoof. It turns out it’s for real. A website has been set up, entitled ThePopeVideo.org and it’s a call for prayer to combine all religions. The Pope Video, according to the website, is a part of the Pope’s global initiative … Read more
This post was originally at Lighthouse Trails Research. It’s just one of countless testimonials of firm believers leaving the SBC, tired of their lack of discernment, pandering and approval of false teaching. Last December during our Church Council, they (pastor and his wife) announced that we would be studying The Purpose Driven Life by Rick … Read more
Overlaying the Jethro Principle For those who believe in the inerrancy of scripture, the essential questions of Christian theology were settled long ago by the church fathers and their answers reiterated by the reformers. Except for the finer points of eschatology and soteriology, evangelical theologians have all but settled upon a systematic theology of Christianity. … Read more
[Editor’s Note: While written clearly from a liberal political and sub-biblical perspective, the author of a new book on the topic of Christian Reconstruction and subsequent interview has some interesting and compelling outside-looking-in perspectives on civil judaizing. I highly recommend this article.] As an unprecedented shift in public opinion brought about the legalization of gay … Read more
Note: I’ll be speaking at the Biblical Counseling, Psychology and the Church Conference in Boise Idaho (January 23-25). More specifically, I’ll be speaking at 6:30 the 23rd, and 9am and 11am on January 24th. If you live nearby, I hope you’ll come out and join us. Other speakers include… About T.A. McMahon, Bend, Oregon Key … Read more
